Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body

December 2014: The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) released an info brief exploring how REDD+ can achieve synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation. The brief notes that such synergies are already called for in international processes including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

12 December 2014: In order to further explore how local initiatives can be linked to international REDD+ processes, the UN University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) assessed experiences from projects that seek to combine global environmental goals with local development objectives.

11 December 2014: The UN Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) convened for its second meeting, to define the Board's future programme of work in line with major 2015 UN events and processes, including negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF); and the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

8 December 2014: The South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Forum, held in parallel to the Lima Climate Change Conference, established the basic value proposition and importance of South-South cooperation, identified its enablers and constraints, and outlined options and mechanisms for promoting it. Through discussions with practitioners, policymakers and academics, the Forum contributed to integrating South-South cooperation into negotiations on the post-2015 climate change agreement.

14 December 2014: The Lima Climate Change Conference concluded with the Lima Call for Climate Action, which lays the groundwork for a 2015 climate agreement in Paris, including rules on how countries can submit intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) during the first quarter of 2015.

9 December 2014: UNITAR, the WMO and the UNFCCC Secretariat, with the support of UN Women, have announced a Womens' Leadership Programme, which recognizes the role of women in addressing climate change issues and seeks to build leadership skills to ensure gender equality in weather and climate contexts.

11 December 2014: Participants focused on the linkages between adaptation and sustainable land and ecosystem management as well as monitoring progress in these areas at an event organized by the Government of China and supported by the Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The side event, titled 'Building a Common Indicator on Land-Based Adaptation for Reporting on the Rio Conventions,' was co-convened with the Governments of Costa Rica, France, Morocco, Myanmar, Panama and Senegal on the sidelines of the Lima Climate Change Conference.

11 December 2014: The UNFCCC Secretariat's side event 'Momentum for Change: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Solutions' at the Lima Climate Change Conference celebrated the innovative ways ICT is being used across all sectors of society to reduce energy use, cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and build resilience to the effects of climate change. The event highlighted the Momentum for Change Initiative's impacts on the ground.

11 December 2014: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat organized an event on the sidelines of the Lima Climate Change Conference to raise awareness on priorities for the GCF Board and Secretariat in 2015, as well as support for country actions. The event, titled 'GCF Outlook - Prospects for the GCF in 2015,' was also an opportunity to address concerns among parties about potential inaccessibility of funds, especially for middle-income small island developing States (SIDS).

11 December 2014: The Government of Peru has launched the Non-state Actor Zone for Climate Action (Nazca) Climate Action Portal to increase the visibility of climate actions being undertaken by cities, regions, companies and investors. The portal was developed with the support of the UNFCCC Secretariat and launched on the sidelines of the Lima Climate Change Conference.